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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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